BILL NUMBER: ACR 178	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gipson

                        MAY 3, 2016

   Relative to the Kevin  Michael  Burrell and James 
Wayne  MacDonald Memorial Highway and the Dess K. Phipps
Memorial Highway.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 178, as amended, Gipson. Kevin  Michael  Burrell and
James  Wayne  MacDonald Memorial Highway and the Dess K.
Phipps Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate  an unspecified 
 a specified  portion of State Highway Route  91
  710  in the County of Los Angeles as the Kevin
 Michael  Burrell and James  Wayne  MacDonald
Memorial Highway and would designate  an unspecified
  a specified  portion of State Highway Route
 91   710  in the County of Los Angeles as
the Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway. The measure would request the
Department of Transportation to determine the costs for appropriate
signs, as specified, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering those costs, to erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Kevin Michael Burrell and James Wayne MacDonald were
police officers employed by the City of Compton, who dedicated their
lives to keeping its citizens safe; and
   WHEREAS, Kevin Michael Burrell realized that being a police
officer meant more than just making arrests; he possessed a level of
unparalleled compassion and understanding, taking advantage of every
opportunity to help those less fortunate, and was lovingly known as
the "Gentle Giant;" and
   WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald was admired by his  peers
and   peers,  had an amazing  personality
  personality,  and, although he was only required
to work two shifts a month,  instead  chose to work
two shifts a week; and
   WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald loved being a police officer and
Kevin Michael Burrell was his favorite partner to ride with; and
   WHEREAS, On February 22, 1993, Kevin Michael Burrell and James
Wayne MacDonald, ages 29 and 24, respectively, while working as
patrol car partners in the City of Compton, were fatally shot by a
violent gang member during a traffic stop at the intersection of
Rosecrans Avenue and Dwight Avenue; and
   WHEREAS, Kevin Michael Burrell is survived by his son, Kevin
Junior, his mother, Edna, his sister, Bridget, and his brothers,
Biff, Kiki, Reggie, and Anthony, his father, Clark, having
subsequently passed away; and
   WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald is survived by his mother, Toni,
and his brother, Jon, his father, Jim, having subsequently passed
away; and
   WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps was a police officer employed by the City
of Compton who dedicated his life to keeping the citizens of the City
of Compton safe; and
   WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps was born on June 17, 1925, in the City of
Stidham in the County of McIntosh, Oklahoma, and grew up on a working
farm in the City of Yuma, Arizona; and
   WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps was a member of the United States Navy
from June 16, 1934, to December 29, 1944, and was a veteran of World
War II; and
   WHEREAS, At the age of 37, Dess K. Phipps  is 
 was  killed in the line of duty during a high speed vehicle
pursuit of a criminal on October 12, 1962; and
   WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps is survived by his brother, Williams Ross
Phipps, and  is   was  succeeded in death
by his loving wife, Pauline Verna Winder Phipps (2012), his parents
Marion (1975) and Margaret Phipps (1994), and his other brother,
Perry Lee Phipps (1998); now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring,   That the Legislature hereby designates
 a   that  portion of State Highway Route
 91   710 from State Highway Route 91
approximately at post mile 12.97 to Alondra Boulevard approximately
at post mile 13.94  in the County of Los Angeles as the Kevin
 Michael  Burrell and James  Wayne  MacDonald
Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved,   That the Legislature hereby designates
 a   that  portion of State Highway Route
 91   710 from Alondra Boulevard approximately
at post mile 13.945 to Rosecrans Avenue approximately at post mile
14.96  in the County of Los Angeles as the Dess K. Phipps
Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved,   That the Department of Transportation is
requested to determine the costs of erecting appropriate signs, which
would include these special designations, consistent with the
signing requirements for the state highway system, and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the costs, to
erect those signs; and be it further
   Resolved,   That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit
copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to
the author for appropriate distribution.